Document: Grant of the petition of Robert Jackson, Daniel Denton and others of Heemstead

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NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0337

Description

Grant. Of the above petition on such freedoms and exemptions as the inhabitants of New Netherland generally possess to their lands, and election of magistrates on the footing and order in use in Middelburgh, Breuckelen, Midwout, and Amesfoort.

Document Date

1656-03-21

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-03-21

Document Type

Grant

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Grant

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Translation

The foregoing petition was resolved as follows:

Having seen the request of the petitioners, presently inhabitants of the village of Heemsteede and subjects of this province, the director general and councilors grant the petitioners that they may begin a new village,[1] according to their intentions, about halfway between the land called by us Canaresse and the village of Heemsteede, under such freedoms, exemptions, and private patents as the inhabitants of New Netherland commonly enjoy, both in the possession of their land as well as in the selection of magistrates, on the terms and orders in use in the villages of Middelborch, Breuckelen, Midwout, and Amesfoort. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Ady ut supra. (Was signed:) P. Stuyvesant, Nicasius de Sille, La Montagne, Cor. van Tienhoven.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: The new village was called Rustdorp, present-day Jamaica. See LO, x.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0337.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.